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Balaenidae

noun

right whales

• Syn: ↑family Balaenidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Mysticeti, ↑suborder Mysticeti

• Member Meronyms: ↑right whale, ↑Balaena, ↑genus Balaena

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\\bəˈlēnəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Balaena, type genus + -idae

: a family of whales comprising the right whales and extinct related forms

Useful english dictionary. 2012.